07-23-2008, 12:56 AM
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Points: 37,084, Level: 100 | |  Comparing Internet Browsers: Safari , Firefox, IE & Opera
   - Here I compare the main web browsers and their resource usage in
a virtual machine (same hardware, files, disk). Results:
Safari 3.04 (523.15) Beta:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
- 1.9% of people used safari in January 2008
- 10.42 seconds to load Google
- 28,268k RAM used with Google Open
- 21.45 seconds to load MSN.com
- 40% CPU 58,212k used when playing Pyro Sand 2
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12:
www.mozilla.com/firefox/
- 37.2% of people used it in January 2008
- 5.28 seconds to load Google
- 20,644k RAM used with Google Open
- 36.32 seconds to load MSN.com
- 40% CPU 49,592k used when playing Pyro Sand 2
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx
- 54% of people used various versions of I.E in January 2008
- 5.27 seconds to load Google
- 21,204k RAM used with Google Open
- 12.71 seconds to load MSN.com
- 34% CPU 56,328k used when playing Pyro Sand 2
Opera 9.25.8827:
http://www.opera.com/download/
- 1.4% of people used Opera in January 2008
- 1.45 seconds to load google (with Opera previously opened)
- 15,756k RAM used with Google Open
- 19.67 seconds to load MSN.com
- 35% CPU 40,832k used when playing Pyro Sand 2
Browser Stats Page:
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
Browser Speed Comparison Page:
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html
I used Xnote Stopwatch to time the browsers:
http://www.stopwatch-timer.com/
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